On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:29 AM, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > > I opened the Deskstar and I can see the arm moving across the platters > endlessly, That's the clicking noise. Why is it doing this.
I would assume it is trying to locate the beginning track but is unable to do so because of the "damage" caused when you opened the drive up. I can't understand why you would assume that the drive would operate just as well after opening the case? We're talking about operating tolerances that make a dust particle look like the size of your house relative to a mouse. (OK, that's a guess ... but I doubt I'm that far off ...) As to what may have caused the noise before you intervened, who knows? Did you look at the SMART data? Perhaps it had a bad sector it was trying to remap? I've got a Seagate 400GB which clicks that I've tried to test to death" so I could get it replaced before the warranty expires. Instead it just keeps passing the diagnostic tests. What'cha gonna' do? -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
